Comment & Opinion

Federal GSA doesn’t monitor consultants
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Mar 18, 2026
The General Services Administration spent $133 million hiring consultants to study its own buildings, but nobody is keeping track of what the studies ...
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Walking into another shutdown dead end
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Mar 17, 2026
Sen. Chuck Schumer walked Democrats into a dead end last year, triggering the longest federal government shutdown in a futile effort to prop up the he...
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Thoughts on dreaming
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Mar 17, 2026
PORTVILLE, N.Y. — Do you dream? Are they good, bad or ugly, comforting or even scary? Most have had some of each. A dream is defined as “a series of t...
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Taxpayers charged for limousines
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Mar 16, 2026
U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., has billed taxpayers $111,000 for limousine services since 2019, according to a review of disbursement reports by T...
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Yes, Americans are saving enough for retirement
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Mar 15, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — One of my most longstanding and controversial opinions is that the move from defined-benefit pensions to defined-contribution pension...
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It’s true: Pa. teens don’t work like they used to
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ATHAN KOUTSIOUROUMBAS RealClearPennsylvania 
Mar 15, 2026
For generations, the teen job was a classic American rite of passage. Teenagers stocked shelves, bussed tables, mowed lawns, and learned the basic rhy...
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Will Fetterman endorse Shapiro this year?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By CHRISTOPHER NICHOLAS RealClearPennsylvania 
Mar 13, 2026
Much has been written about the likelihood of Gov. Josh Shapiro endorsing embattled Democratic U.S. Sen. John Fetterman’s potential re-election come 2...
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The Keystone conflict: The four battles for Pa. House majority
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By CHRISTOPHER NICHOLAS RealClearPennsylvania 
Mar 11, 2026
In Pennsylvania political circles, I talk about the short ballot — that rare alignment every 12 years when we have no U.S. Senate race, presidential r...
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US debt could soon break record
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Mar 11, 2026
The Congressional Budget Office’s annual 10-year economic forecast warns that, by 2030, the federal debt held by the public will be $40.3 trillion, or...
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Is free trade worth the cost in lives lost?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Mar 11, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — There is something about manufacturing jobs, and the manufacturing industry, that makes people sentimental. When they think of a fact...
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DEI contractors still in DoD schools
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Mar 09, 2026
Controversial education firms that helped embed diversity, equity and inclusion principles in K-12 military schools during President Joe Biden’s admin...
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Harrisburg needs to take action on pharmacy deserts
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By VICTORIA ELLIOTT 
Mar 09, 2026
The ongoing pharmacy closure crisis in Pennsylvania has become an alarming issue for communities throughout the commonwealth. Since 2020, over 1,000 c...
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What the political attacks on Fetterman reveal
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By GUY CIARROCCHI RealClearPennsylvania 
Mar 09, 2026
Few politicians evoke strong emotions like U.S. Sen. John Fetterman. Certainly, no Pennsylvania politician elicits more conversation. And no other maj...
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A federal fiscal fog in Washington
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Mar 09, 2026
The late writer and satirist P.J. O’Rourke once famously noted, “Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage b...
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See the light on daylight saving time
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Mar 05, 2026
When it comes to daylight saving time, American lawmakers remain in the dark. Admittedly, there are more important things for Congress to consider; bu...
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